Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. AN EPIC TALE FOR MODERN TIMES: AN INTRODUCTION 1
6. THE SACRED HEART VISITS THE CHAROLLAIS 9
7. PREFIGURATION: MARSEILLE AND THE SACRED HEART 34
8. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, CATHOLIC ANXIETIES, AND THE SACRED HEART 54
9. THE SACRED HEART AND THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN THE VENDÉE 91
10. THE SACRED HEART AND THE RETURN OF KINGS 118
11. ROME, WAR, AND THE ONSET OF THE TERRIBLE YEAR 147
12. BUILDING THE CHURCH OF THE NATIONAL VOW 177
13. A MODERN MAGDALENE SEEKS FORGIVENESS 198
14. A VISION CAPTURED IN MOSAIC 224
15. NOTES 245
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 277
17. INDEX 303